Fire broke out in the tunnel of Newton MRT station - 13Feb2013

SINGAPORE: A fire broke out in the tunnel of Newton MRT station on Wednesday morning, disrupting train services on the North-South Line for more than two hours.
The Land Transport Authority said the fire was a small and localised one.
Train operator SMRT later revealed the fire was due to an electrical short circuit that caused a cable to burn.
No one was injured but some 15,000 commuters' travel plans were disrupted.
Smoky scene greeted morning commuters at Newton MRT station after a fire broke out in the train tunnel at around 9.05am.
Mr Victor Tan, one of the commuters at Newton MRT station, recalled the morning incident.
Mr Tan said: "There was an announcement saying that there would be a five-minute delay due to an "incident". We were quite calm about it because we weren't really sure that it was a fire. We only confirmed it when we left the station and we asked the station master about it."
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) was immediately activated.
And according to SMRT, the incident was caused by a cable that caught fire in the tunnel.
SMRT said the fire was initially put out by one of its station staff with a fire extinguisher but the fire reignited, and smoke from the tunnel spread to the station platform.
SCDF was on hand to help put out the fire. They said the fire was located about five metres from the platform and it was eventually extinguished at around 10.06am.
The fire disrupted northbound train services from Newton to Toa Payoh station.
At 10.06am, services from Marina Bay to Toa Payoh MRT station were also stopped so that the damaged cable could be removed.
SMRT said all northbound trains were turned around at Newton station to the southbound.
SMRT said the incident could have been due to cable insulation issues.
SMRT's executive vice president of Trains, Khoo Hean Siang, said the incident could have been due to cable insulation issues.
Mr Khoo said: "Because of the heavy rain these few days, water could have seeped into the tunnel. There is a certain amount of water that will seep in and wet the environment of the cable. It could be that the water seep into the cable and caused this problem to occur. We are sending the cable to the lab to carry out a check, whether or not the insulation could have deteriorated."
Mr Khoo added a similar incident occurred at Dhoby Ghaut MRT station in 2007.
He said checks on the stretch of cables at Newton MRT station were conducted in December last year but no abnormalities were found.
Southbound train services towards Marina Bay were not affected.
Free bus bridging services were also activated.
The first shuttle bus arrived at Newton MRT station about half an hour after the incident occurred at 9.37am.
SMRT said 59 buses provided transport between the affected areas.
Full train services resumed around 11.30am.
SMRT said passengers who had their journeys disrupted can get a refund within the next two weeks.
Overnight, SMRT will also replace the cables at Newton MRT station after train service hours.
It will also carry out further checks on all its underground cables, which will be completed in a week.
Subject: Electrical short circuit led to train disruption
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[@kpyee36]

Executive Vice President SMRT Train, Khoo Hean Siang said so. He say due to heavy rain water found it way to the cable thus fire broke out. So God make more rain and rain water found it way to the cable.

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[@kpyee36]

MRT caught fire blame on rainy season. Another act of God. So lame.

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A fire broke out at Newton MRT station this morning. disrupting train services for 15,000 people on the North-South Line for more than two hours. The Land Transport Authority said the fire was small and localised. SMRT says an electrical short circuit caused a cable to burn. The blaze was initially put out by one of its station staff, but re-ignited. This was the smoky scene that greeted morning commuters at Newton MRT station. THE CAUSE: A fire that broke out in the train tunnel just after 9a.m. The Singapore Civil Defence Force[SCDF] was immediately activated. According to train operator SMRT says the incident was caused by a cable that caught fire in the tunnel. This disrupted nothbound train services from Newton to Toa Payoh stations. And an hour later, services from Marina Bay to Toa Payoh stations were also stopped, so the damaged cable could be removed. SMRT says the incident could have been due to cable insulation issues. Mr Khoo said: ''Because of the heavy rain for the past few days, water could have seeped into the tunnel. There is a certain amount of water that will seep in and wet the environment of the cable''. Southbound train services towards Marina Bay were not affected. they put out the fire at around 10:06a.m. The free bridging bus services were very activated. The first shuttle bus arrived at Newton MRT station about half an hour after the incident occured. A recap of the worst MRT breakdown- A fire that broke out in the train tunnel just after 9am. A flooding is more likely to occur than a fire. This is a recap of our headlines tonight- The heaviest rain occured at the same day. Free bus bridging services were activated. South-bound train services toards Marina Bay were not affected. SCDF was rescued and was also decommisioned.

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1:23 destination: marina bay

[@galacticair]

Why?

[@SMDBrosI]

@@galacticair The train service towards marina bay does not look disrupted to me

[@galacticair]

@@SMDBrosI ohoh

[@ToothlessTransport]

​​@@galacticairLook at the date it's 2013 when the fire happened Marina South Pier is not open

[@JohnLee-jw8bj]

This is why bcm and bsep started. But it still does not solve yew tee punggol issues on buses

[@riyan-zxd4789]

I didn’t knew that to north south line

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Well at least there is platfrom screen doors cauz if not there would be a little bit more smoke

[@sponge_bruh419]

2:08 What finger is she holding

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Why why why

[@danica171]

Shocker in the tunnel because there's a fire

[@ToothlessTransport]

Who tf will re-ignite a fire

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Olivia looks much more slimmer now.😊

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omg

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Newtwon Station IS ON Fire.... OMG!!!

[@ToothlessTransport]

Not the entire station

[@theathomas2465]

I was there

[@ianwai1659]

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MRT

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Cmon roblox boy don't be stupid.

[@curiousjj]

Oh no what happened? The station was also on fire? Oh a cable had a problem? Is there free bus shuttles to take? Good that Jurong East and Marina Bay still can go?? Bai to the fire this year! 2023 I did not see a train fault before!!😅😅😂😂

[@ianwai1659]

LOL 2:24 OPEN CLOSE

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LOL OMG I CANT STOP LAUGHING ITS LIKE A BEHIND A SCENE OF THE NEWS

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Ik i was about to say 2:24 is that faulty door

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A fire broke in Newton MRT station this morning, disrupting train services for 15,000 people on the North South Line for more than two hours. The Land Transport Authority said the fire was small and localised. SMRT said an electrical short circuit caused a cable to burn. The blaze was initially put out by one of its station staff, but re-ignited. This was the smoky scene that greeted morning commuters at Newton MRT station. The cause? A fire that broke out in the train tunnel just after 9am. "There was an announcement saying that there would be a five-minute delay due to the incident." Southbound train services towards Marina Bay were not affected. Free bus bridging services were also activated. The first shuttle bus arrived at Newton MRT station after half an hour after the incident occured. SMRT said 59 buses provided transport between the affected areas.

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What is that

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There fire fire fire fire fire fire in the stupid Newton mrt tunnel

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Why sorry